Air Crash Investigation season 21

Air Crash Investigation season 21
Country of originCanada
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkDiscovery Channel
Original releaseApril 4 (2021-04-04) –
June 6, 2021 (2021-06-06)
chronology

This is the following twenty-first season of Air Crash Investigation.

Episodes

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TitleIncidentOriginal air date
1811 "North Sea Nightmare" Loganair Flight 6780April 4, 2021 (2021-04-04)

On 15 December 2014, Loganair Flight 6780 starts an uncontrolled descent while on approach to Sumburgh Airport in Scotland. The pilots regain control and make an emergency landing at Aberdeen, with no fatalities. After a lightning strike, the pilots wrongly assumed the autopilot was disengaged and tried to climb. The conflict caused the autopilot to set the elevator controls into a dive.


Type of aircraft: Saab 2000 
1822 "Playing Catch Up" Execuflight Flight 1526April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)

On 10 November 2015, ExecuFlight Flight 1526 enters an aerodynamic stall and crashes into an apartment building and an embankment during final approach to Akron Fulton International Airport in Akron, Ohio. Both crew members and all seven passengers on board are killed in the crash.


Type of aircraft: British Aerospace BAe-125 
1833 "Tragic Takeoff" Comair Flight 5191April 18, 2021 (2021-04-18)

On 27 August 2006, Comair Flight 5191, operating for Delta Connection, crashes into a wooded area while taking off from Blue Grass Airport in Kentucky, killing all but the first officer on board. The pilots lost situational awareness and inadvertently taxied onto the wrong runway.


Type of aircraft: Bombardier CRJ-100ER 
1844 "Grounded: Boeing Max 8" Lion Air Flight 610April 5, 2021 (2021-04-05)

On 29 October 2018, Lion Air Flight 610 enters a nosedive and crashes into the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, on a flight to Pangkal Pinang. All 181 passengers and 8 crew members on board are killed in the crash.


Type of aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8 
1855 "Cabin Catastrophe" Southwest Airlines Flight 1380April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)

On 17 April 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 makes an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport after its left engine explodes. A passenger dies after being partially ejected from the aircraft. The engine failure was caused by a fatigue crack in a fan blade.


Type of aircraft: Boeing 737-700 
1866 "Meltdown Over Kathmandu" US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211April 26, 2021 (2021-04-26)

On 12 March 2018, US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 skids off the runway, travels through the airport perimeter fence, and crashes into a football field during landing at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. 51 of the 71 people on board are killed in the accident.


Type of aircraft: Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 
1877 "Mission Disaster" 1991 Gulf War KC-135 incidentMay 16, 2021 (2021-05-16)

On 6 February 1991, a military aerial refueling aircraft loses both engines from under the left wing while on a combat mission in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War, causing serious flight control problems and forcing the pilots to make an emergency landing. The incident was attributed to wake turbulence from a passing KC-135.


Type of aircraft: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker 
1888 "Caught In A Jam" Ansett New Zealand Flight 703May 23, 2021 (2021-05-23)

On 9 June 1995, Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 suffers a landing gear malfunction during final approach to Palmerston North Airport in New Zealand. The aircraft descends until it crashes into hilly terrain as the pilots try to resolve the problem. 4 of the 21 people on board are killed.


Type of aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-8-102 
1899 "Seconds From Touchdown" Propair Flight 420May 30, 2021 (2021-05-30)

On 18 June 1998, Propair Flight 420 crashes while attempting to conduct an emergency landing at Montréal–Mirabel International Airport after an in-flight fire causes its left wing to fail, killing all 11 people on board. It was later determined that the aircraft's left brakes overheated during takeoff.


Type of aircraft: Fairchild Metroliner SA226 
19010 "Deadly Delivery" UPS Airlines Flight 1354June 6, 2021 (2021-06-06)

On 14 August 2013, UPS Airlines Flight 1354 clips the tops of trees and crashes into a hillside about one nautical mile short of the runway during final approach to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama. Both crew members on board are killed in the crash.


Type of aircraft: Airbus A300F4-600R 

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